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Article: UTAH VETERANS HONORED FOR HEROIC, SELFLESS DEFENSE OF COUNTRY AT ANNUAL COMMEMORATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 2 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release:
When Air Force Pilot Jay Hess was shot down over the Chinese-North Vietnam border 42 years ago, he was taken to the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prison and never imagined he could survive the horrible starvation and torture at the hands of his captors. Determination and the hope of one day returning to his wife and five kids back home in Utah helped pulled him through. On Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 11:00 a.m. in the Olpin Union Ballroom, Hess and ten other Utah veterans will be honored at the University of Utah's annual Veterans Day Commemoration. They will be awarded medallions in a full-dress military ceremony prior ...
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